If I were forced to make a choice between never having sex with a woman again and never masturbating again I’d call bullshit on whoever was forcing me to make that choice.
Doctor: What seems to be the problem?
Patient: I’m an avid masturbator. In fact, I do it all the time.
Doctor: You’re going to have to stop.
Patient: What? You mean quit forever?
Doctor: No! For a few minutes so I can examine you!!!
OP: Lost me at “luscious.” Ewww.
#whynotmetoo
I think masturbation is about 5% of the problem you’re dealing with.
Yeah, but it’d be a tough call, I think. Quality vs. Quantity… As Stalin said, Quantity has a Quality all its own…
But then, 25 years of marriage might be clouding my view…
There are essentially two varieties, what I don’t want and what I can’t have.
Sex is overrated.
Of course a man’s sexual function should be treated adequately, but there are biological aspects that require more attention in my opinion such as sleep or excretion.
I’m not an expert and I know my own experience does not entitle me to issue general rules, but from what I’ve observed there are people who enjoy or can’t do without companionship and others for whom someone else’s company is mainly a burden. I belong to the former category and I consider it a blessing that I was able to find the right partner with whom to spend the rest of my days.
Social norms are constructs and a man ought to lead his life the way he wants as long as he doesn’t break the law, hurt the people around him or affect his own mental balance. He should freely decide on the amount and type of sex he wants to enjoy depending on his own needs and lifestyle. (here’s an example I’ve just found on the news)
True that. People’s libidos (libidoes? They both look funny.) can vary all over the map. The tragedy is when a couple has a widely different need for sex. I would not be happy in a marriage like the one described in the article, but if it works for them, more power to 'em.
"Hey…don’t knock masturbation; it’s sex with somebody I love."
–Woody Allen
You just need to get ahold of yourself is all.
if you’re masturbating as much as you want to you have too much time on your hands. I read in The Guardian (really) that the main problem is if one uses too strong a grip one won’t be satisfied with a woman. Not sure what the article was trying to say…
What frame of reference does an adult virgin use to masturbate to for decades?
Eventually he may have sex and find a vagina does not smell/taste/feel anywhere near as good as he’s been imagining, or that it’s a zillion times better than he’s imagined and he’s wasted a lot of time not having it.
I always buy myself flowers… at the very least I take myself to dinner.
I do draw the line at shaking hands with myself however.
There are two types of men - those that masturbate and those that lie about it. It is perfectly normal.
What do you think all of that internet porn is being used for? Porn literally helped build the web and was the earliest, most profitable business model and still going stronger than ever.
Relationships are a whole different thing. I agree that you just need practice for that. Try Match.com for a few months. I can give you some tips if you PM me. You probably won’t be very confident or successful for the first few dates but just look at it like a casual warmup because that is easy to fix.
And too much of some other stuff on your hands too. 
Of course, because society wants people to breed like rabbits, work like dogs and live like pigs; and it can’t do that without whoring women like pimps, which frowns on competition-- even from a man’s own foreskin, so it’s CUT OFF AT BIRTH! (And no, that does not “sound worse than it is,” we’re just used to it).
Thus the “Seven Deadly Sins” pertain to normal healthy needs, and the castigation to suppress them in self-sacrificing servitude to those in power.
Sex is sex, no matter who does it.
No, there are also men who waste their lives chasing women out of peer-pressure, so they can avoid the shame that peer-pressure imparts… along with women who supply them, and are equally devoid of life.
It’s good people are catching on, but it’s too slow.
TOTALLY worth it.
WTF, was that all about?
She’s an expert!